It's more like S3 suggestion but still.
I was playing Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 4 a bit, and there is a feature that would be really cool to have it within LFS imo. What I mean is the animated pit crew, and animated track marshals waving the flags, or pushing damaged cars out of track. GP4 is an old game, bit the way how it's done there, gives a great feeling of real life racing. The animated crew isnt poly high, but still looks really good so it wouldnt low the game perfomance much.

What do u think?
Some GP4 pit stop screens, If someone doesn't know the game:

http://www.racesimulations.com ... ic/main/1/6691/dateD.html
http://www.racesimulations.com ... ic/main/1/9287/dateD.html
http://www.racesimulations.com ... ic/main/1/6227/dateD.html
http://www.racesimulations.com ... ic/main/1/4410/dateD.html
http://www.racesimulations.com ... ic/main/1/3816/dateD.html

ps
oh and I looked for similar thread but didn't find anything.

why cant it be in s2 ? not so hard to do i bet...

Quote from TyresHot :

why cant it be in s2 ?

because there are more important things to add.
i think S2 should concentrate on Vista compatability and in-gmae sounds and physics. leave all the "nice things" for S3

A box crew would be awesome, thinking of 5 cars go for pitting and you while driving trough all these pit crews ... i could cry ^^

i think thats just eye-candy in GTR(2) there isn't even a pit crew so why do we need it?

Quote from Scrabby :

i think thats just eye-candy in GTR(2) there isn't even a pit crew so why do we need it?

Maybe because of that reason, to stand out from others...

This would be nice if we can't have that possibility to do pitcrew tasks manually, or maybe option, auto-manual with manual having options to allow or not team mate/self, yea yea, I know, I get going

A pit crew would be OK. But it sucks.

Let me explain:
You go in pit, somebody else also wants to go in pit.
LFS doesn't have auto-steering while in pit (thank God)
But what about the people driving through the pit crew members...
You just drive through it, and I hate it...
I don't know if it's that cool to have...
(Especially if auto-sterring while in pit is needed)

Quote from BlakjeKaas :

Let me explain:
You go in pit, somebody else also wants to go in pit.
LFS doesn't have auto-steering while in pit (thank God)
But what about the people driving through the pit crew members...
You just drive through it, and I hate it...

Easy, blood & gore mod!!!

BTW: Before this I prefer animated marshalls waving flags.

Big job there, guys

Quote from Eldanor :

Easy, blood & gore mod!!!

So you got 10 points, and then what?
Play NFS?

Quote from BlakjeKaas :

A pit crew would be OK. But it sucks.

Let me explain:
You go in pit, somebody else also wants to go in pit.
LFS doesn't have auto-steering while in pit (thank God)
But what about the people driving through the pit crew members...
You just drive through it, and I hate it...
I don't know if it's that cool to have...
(Especially if auto-sterring while in pit is needed)

just give a drive-through to the driver who killed your pit crew

Quote from Scrabby :

i think thats just eye-candy in GTR(2) there isn't even a pit crew so why do we need it?

Actually there is a pit crew in Gtr2, though I don't like the animations very much.

that games looks amazing !

Quote from Paranoid Android :

Actually there is a pit crew in Gtr2, though I don't like the animations very much.

oh i c , thats wy i did the 2 in () because i only play GTR1 and there isn't a pitcrew

Quote from GeForz :

just give a drive-through to the driver who killed your pit crew

lol.

Still not sure though...

Quote from GeForz :

just give a drive-through to the driver who killed your pit crew

I think that driver should be put to spectate until next race start if he droves over pitcrew, dnf as it should be in reallife too, imo.

Well, I guess IRL you will get MORE than only dnf for killing some people

Quote from BlakjeKaas :

Well, I guess IRL you will get MORE than only dnf for killing some people

Yes, sometimes, hmm, how to implement this to lfs, few years ban? ;D

I don't think that many would try to drive over pitcrew if you will be put to spectate from that, of course should be set so that tiny little touch does not set this, but good bump where pitcrew member falls down or something like that, well just details, main idea is what matters.

Quote from nikimere :

i think S2 should concentrate on Vista compatability and in-gmae sounds and physics. leave all the "nice things" for S3

S3 is at least 2 years away
Vista isnt nearly even sorted yet
And we need a Major Major Poll, who is likely to get and use vista .... because looking around various (and this one) websites, its likely to not be bought

And U30 is apparently vista compatible ....

lfs works in vista allready, has done for a while now.

I agree that we need pit crews and animated marshalls. Even if they were only 2D sprites, it would still add a lot to the game. But I want to see more than just MY pit crew. Right now the pit lane feels completely empty. Every track is like a ghost town. I'd like to see my pit crew when I stop, other driver's pit crews when they're stopped, and other people milling around the pits even when no cars are currently pitted. Not to mention things like fuel stations, spare tires, camera crews, etc.

How it should look: http://www.laguna-seca.com/Use ... nday/Picket-Sharp-Pit.jpg

http://www.nationalspeedsportn ... up_BusyPits1_JJackson.jpg

pit crew would be nice except i could overdrive my engineer... like michael schumacher, then the pitstop would take a little bit more time ,D
if there would be a pitcrew, i want a guy who has only one function ... to clean my frontpane illepall

If youre worried about drivers hitting pit crews, they can run out of the garage when your car is stopped in the yellow box. if anyone is going to hit your pit crew they are going to hit you too. you also would be stopped (to engage the pit stop) so then the crew will move to your vehicle and you cant move until the stop is finished so they can move back into (or near the garage) safely. At most, the car in the pit behind you may go through a crewman at the corner of your car as he leaves/enters a pit box. im sure most drivers would still avoid it and it would only occur rarely.

Having people in the pits permanently is another story. it leaves them open to be driven into. However you can put some kind of static models of Team management etc on the pit wall with a lap board sticking out when you go passed.

I like the idea of a pit crew makes it more realistic...

+1

And a carmageddon mode too... lol